Because of all of this ambiguity, it can be really hard to tell if you're actually even on a date with someone at all or if you're just warming up to be the booty call of the month.

So how can you tell the difference?

Here are a few key things to look out for that signal you're on a real date, not just a pre-hookup situation.

If it's a daytime date

Take the beaming, broad daylight as a sign you're not about to end up anywhere dark, sexy or mysterious.

A date scheduled during the day is a surefire way to tell your date is there to actually get to know you (and not just the "you" between the sheets).

This also likely puts you in a situation that forces conversation, rather than relying on something like sitting silently through a movie as an "activity" so "you technically went out first before hooking up."

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If you go to a second location

If you have a great time doing the first activity, and your date suggests a second one (that is NOT going back to his or your place), then you're on a date, and it's GOING REALLY WELL, girl.

One of the distinguishing characteristics of a date-date is genuinely enjoying one another's company and feeling no rush to get naked together.

A second location extends your evening OUT instead of pushing it IN (bed).

If booze is nowhere in sight

I hate to say it, but booze is a social AND physical lubricator, revving up people's sex drives and confidence. And it's one of the biggest ways to foreplay actual foreplay.